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1753 – William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1825) 1764 – Ann Ward, English author and poet (d. 1823) [20] 1775 – Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (d. 1818) 1777 – Paavo Ruotsalainen, Finnish farmer and lay preacher (d. 1852) [21]
The Babylonians invented the actual [clarification needed] seven-day week in 600 BCE, with Emperor Constantine making the Day of the Sun (dies Solis, "Sunday") a legal holiday centuries later. [2] In the international standard ISO 8601, Monday is treated as the first day of the week, but in many countries it is counted as the second day of the ...
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March 31: Cesar Chavez Day [9] March 31: Transgender Day of Visibility [10] April 6: National Tartan Day; 2nd Thursday in April: National D.A.R.E. Day; April 9: National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day; April 14: Pan American Day and Pan American Week; May 1: Loyalty Day; May 1: Law Day, U.S.A. May 15: Peace Officers Memorial Day
July 31: Lā Hae Hawaiʻi (Flag Day) and Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea (Sovereignty Restoration Day) in Hawaii The lunar surface as photographed by Ranger 7 approximately 17 minutes before impact 1874 – Patrick Francis Healy was inaugurated as president of Georgetown University , becoming the first African-American president of a predominantly white ...
July 4: Fourth of July: Independence Day: United States: Commemorates the United States' adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. [8] ט׳ באב The Ninth of Av: Tisha B'Av: Israel, and by Jews worldwide: An annual fast day in Judaism which commemorates the anniversary of a number of disasters in Jewish history. (see ...
St. Patrick's Day: Sunday, March 17 NYC Pride Parade: Sunday, June 30 This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Holidays 2024: Here are the special days and dates
For determination of the day of the week (1 January 2000, Saturday) the day of the month: 1 ~ 31 (1) the month: (6) the year: (0) the century mod 4 for the Gregorian calendar and mod 7 for the Julian calendar (0). adding 1+6+0+0=7. Dividing by 7 leaves a remainder of 0, so the day of the week is Saturday. The formula is w = (d + m + y + c) mod 7.